Kapsch TrafficCom is presenting its new EVK-3300 communications platform for V2X communication at the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium Forum in Munich.
With its EVK-3300 platform Kapsch is directly targeting car manufacturers and suppliers. EVK-3300 is an essential part of V2X, the communication between vehicles and infrastructure and between vehicles themselves.
"Our V2X communications platform offers a great number of possibilities in the V2X domain. It enables car manufacturers and suppliers to integrate this new technology into vehicles in diverse ways and test it. V2X and the EVK-3300 system will soon enable completely new and until now inconceivable applications to become reality", explained R. Tugrul Güner, V2X Program Manager & Head of New Technologies at Kapsch TrafficCom, giving a few examples: "Informing drivers when the traffic signal will turn green, that there are roadworks in the left-hand lane in 1km, a vehicle 500 meters in front of you has made an emergency stop, or an emergency vehicle is approaching you in the right-hand lane - this is all information that can improve the flow of traffic, enhance safety and optimize the comfort of car drivers."
Interfaces for the most varied of communication channels
The platform has various ways of being integrated into vehicles: CAN, Ethernet, USB and diverse input and output options for specific adaptations. The 802.11p radio module provides access to V2X radio communication, the optional WLAN/3G/4G module facilitates communication via alternative channels. Smartphones or tablets are linked to the EVK-3300 via Bluetooth to display messages, a GNSS receiver enables the exact position of the very vehicle to be pinpointed, which can then be transmitted to other vehicles using the same communications system. With the help of the integrated security module, the EVK can also function as an independent ITS station in the vehicle. To this end, Kapsch has developed an ITS G5 Protocol Stack that is platform-independent. EVK-3300 is the first in-vehicle product designed by Kapsch and therefore expands its end-to-end portfolio regarding V2X technology.
Kapsch TrafficCom is a provider of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in the application fields of road user charging, urban access and parking, road safety enforcement, commercial vehicle operations, electronic vehicle registration, traffic management and V2X cooperative systems. Kapsch TrafficCom covers with end-to-end solutions the entire value creation chain of its customers as a one-stop shop, from components and subsystems to their integration and operation. The solutions of Kapsch TrafficCom help to provide funding for infrastructure projects, to increase traffic safety, to optimize traffic flow, and to reduce environmental pollution from traffic. The core business is to design, build and operate electronic toll collection systems for multi-lane free-flow traffic. References in 43 countries on all continents make Kapsch TrafficCom a recognized supplier of electronic toll collection worldwide. As part of the Kapsch Group, a family-owned Austrian technology group founded in 1892, Kapsch TrafficCom, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, has subsidiaries and representative offices in 33 countries, has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (KTCG) since 2007, and generated with more than 3,000 employees revenues of EUR 488.9 million in fiscal year 2012/13.
